The Oregon Listening Project is a statewide initiative funded by the Oregon Health Authority that seeks to better understand the lives and experiences of young people (age 24 and under) who have died by suicide or suspected suicide.

At the heart of the project is a simple but powerful idea: every story matters. Through compassionate, trauma-informed interviews with suicide loss survivors, the Oregon Listening Project offers families and friends an opportunity to share the story of their loved one while helping inform meaningful change.

Certified by the National Association of Retrospective Fatality Analysts, project staff work closely with survivors to explore the circumstances, experiences, and systems that shaped a young person's life. These conversations help identify contributing factors, uncover gaps in support systems, and generate insights that can strengthen suicide prevention and postvention efforts throughout Oregon.

In this webinar, the Oregon Listening Project team will share how the initiative was created, how they engage and support survivors throughout the interview process, and what they have learned from listening to the stories behind youth suicide deaths. Hear from a diverse team that brings together expertise in public health and youth partnerships, culturally responsive and bilingual mental health care, postvention, and survivor-centered project management, including Liz Thorne, MPH, Maryanne Mueller, LMFT, and Nick Jensen.

Whether you work in suicide prevention, postvention, public health, behavioral health, education, fatality review, or survivor support, this webinar will demonstrate the power of listening to families and communities and how stories can become catalysts for healing, learning, and systems change.

This webinar takes place from 12:00-1:00 PM EDT.